The blogs.apache.org backend is not currently connected to Apache LDAPservices, so blog users need to be created by our infrastructure team. Toget a username, create anINFRAissue<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA> using *Blogs* as its component name. Indicate your Apache user ID and towhich blog you're requesting access. Project Blog Features Granting Project blog rights to other committers

I tried to send Dmitriy an invitation to be an author on the blog, but it told me "Error creating user invitation". I'm happy to post the content and make it clear you're the author. I've also filed https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-5894 to try to fix the issue.